Rosalinda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roh-za-LEEN-da
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,153 for girls
Rosalinda is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “horse + tender”. In 2025 it ranked 2,153rd for girls in the US (86 babies).
What does Rosalinda mean?
Germanic: Spanish form of Rosalind
“horse + tender”
Its Germanic roots mean 'horse' and 'soft, tender', but in Spanish it reads as rosa linda, 'pretty rose'.
Is Rosalinda a girl's or a boy's name?
Rosalinda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 86 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rosalinda in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 5 girls.
Rosalinda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Rosalinda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,153rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 86 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 86 girls in the US were named Rosalinda, making it the 2,153rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,883rd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 334 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Rosalinda in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rosalinda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #2,153 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,389 |
| 2023 | 106 | #1,878 |
| 2022 | 98 | #1,992 |
| 2021 | 104 | #1,897 |
| 2020 | 102 | #1,883 |
| 2019 | 89 | #2,109 |
| 2018 | 94 | #2,059 |
| 2017 | 118 | #1,770 |
| 2016 | 107 | #1,890 |
| 2015 | 93 | #2,088 |
| 2014 | 109 | #1,853 |
| 2013 | 98 | #1,990 |
| 2012 | 104 | #1,911 |
| 2011 | 120 | #1,722 |
| 2010 | 90 | #2,167 |
| 2009 | 124 | #1,756 |
| 2008 | 175 | #1,374 |
| 2007 | 167 | #1,419 |
| 2006 | 195 | #1,234 |
| 2005 | 136 | #1,519 |
| 2004 | 176 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 162 | #1,283 |
| 2002 | 187 | #1,115 |
| 2001 | 211 | #1,013 |
| 2000 | 334 | #701 |
| 1999 | 148 | #1,253 |
| 1998 | 106 | #1,555 |
| 1997 | 117 | #1,417 |
| 1996 | 122 | #1,373 |
| 1995 | 135 | #1,251 |
| 1994 | 159 | #1,126 |
| 1993 | 147 | #1,178 |
| 1992 | 127 | #1,319 |
| 1991 | 181 | #1,013 |
| 1990 | 178 | #1,015 |
| 1989 | 180 | #965 |
| 1988 | 173 | #960 |
| 1987 | 151 | #1,025 |
| 1986 | 200 | #832 |
| 1985 | 190 | #850 |
| 1984 | 178 | #860 |
| 1983 | 195 | #797 |
| 1982 | 227 | #741 |
| 1981 | 255 | #679 |
| 1980 | 257 | #678 |
| 1979 | 240 | #707 |
| 1978 | 241 | #664 |
| 1977 | 220 | #704 |
| 1976 | 214 | #692 |
| 1975 | 186 | #761 |
| 1974 | 194 | #732 |
| 1973 | 194 | #727 |
| 1972 | 241 | #635 |
| 1971 | 234 | #668 |
| 1970 | 237 | #672 |
| 1969 | 268 | #612 |
| 1968 | 230 | #638 |
| 1967 | 191 | #707 |
| 1966 | 243 | #609 |
| 1965 | 260 | #594 |
| 1964 | 245 | #653 |
| 1963 | 273 | #604 |
| 1962 | 262 | #621 |
| 1961 | 275 | #610 |
| 1960 | 275 | #597 |
| 1959 | 235 | #653 |
| 1958 | 270 | #607 |
| 1957 | 213 | #675 |
| 1956 | 270 | #571 |
| 1955 | 213 | #635 |
| 1954 | 246 | #569 |
| 1953 | 239 | #566 |
| 1952 | 274 | #509 |
| 1951 | 265 | #505 |
| 1950 | 293 | #472 |
| 1949 | 300 | #463 |
| 1948 | 235 | #538 |
| 1947 | 210 | #587 |
| 1946 | 170 | #610 |
| 1945 | 96 | #765 |
| 1944 | 85 | #827 |
| 1943 | 59 | #1,036 |
| 1942 | 51 | #1,101 |
| 1941 | 39 | #1,206 |
| 1940 | 34 | #1,272 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,580 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,779 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,622 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
Nicknames for Rosalinda
Names like Rosalinda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Robyn, Fatima, Athena, Lara, Maria, Alina, Eliana, Heidi, Penelope, Jessica, Francesca, Ariana
Names related to Rosalinda
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rosalinda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rosalinda, updated 20 October 2026.